Oct.2 We welcomed 100+ dedicated literacy teachers for another great year of collaborating and learning. Working with dedicated, knowledgeable and passionate educators is my favorite part of my job.
Oct.3 Welcome our newest nephew, Otto Bourdon.
Oct.4th Pulled the trigger and bought a puppy. The girls don't know but we are getting a little lady to join the family. Now to somehow plant the seed of what we want her name to be, yet make Anya think it was her idea. :)
Oct.5th Bowling and sleepover with Anya's new friend from school. If you are a regular reader you know we were all a little anxious about the move to the new school but it's going super well!!!
Oct.6, 7 & 8 Thanksgiving weekend brought lots of baby snuggles with baby Otto and lots of play time with Cooper. The girls also enjoyed getting outdoors in nature, hotubing with awesome friends and 🦃 meal with family.
Oct 9th Back to the grind after a nice long weekend. Tanner got a haircut; handsome man.
Oct.10 Came home to a random act of kindness by the students from our local public school who raked and bagged our front yard.
Oct.11th Appointments, appointments, appointments.
Oct.13 Bit cold but we got outdoors anyway.
Oct.14 Epic day of cleaning, meal prepping and getting laundry done. I am heading into a really busy week and wanted most of the food prepped for minimal cooking. I made fried fish, rice and salad for two meals. I also prepped veggies and a roast for a meal later on in the week, and made a huge pot of Sicilian chicken soup.
October 15th Forgot to reflect. No memory of this day.
Oct.16 Worked with a small group of primary teachers on some planning.
Oct.17 Went to a planning meeting for our local conservatory, that will be attached to our new children's museum.
Oct.18 Best Day Ever! We had our kindergarten community meeting and went through a process that encouraged us to grow our cultural competence, literacy and numeracy understandings together. This group of teachers lifts me and inspires me beyond words.
Oct.19
Oct.20. Welcome to the family Oreo. We had a big surprise for the girls and they were shocked!!
Oct.21 We celebrated my cousin's birthday and went to a Halloween party. First time playing lazer tag for me.
Oct.22 Late night working on a literacy syllabus at our University for the College of Education.
Oct.23 Oreo learns to fetch. (Video)
Oct.24 It was Halloween decorations went up. My girls and husband did it all!
Oct.25 Halie's first band concert. She decided to try the clarinet and has come so far, you know from "noise" to actual notes, in a short amount of time. #proudmama
Oct.26 TGIF. Its been a long two weeks of work, two more to go.
Oct.27 Felt completely inspired by the work of our teacher colleges from British Columbia.
Oct.28th Enjoyed a quite 10 km loop by myself. Felt recharged.
Oct.29 Iced 50+ cupcakes for the girls school Halloween parties.
Oct.30th My neck totally seized on me and am having trouble sleeping, shoulder checking and just doing life. 😪
Oct. 31st Halloween!!!!
